photographic survey of the churh bell before it’s extraction from flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896)
photographic survey of church bell before it's extraction from flizikowski...
03
Dec
02
Dec
flizikowski and kaiser’s german evangelical lutheran church (1896) demolition well underway
the destruction of german evangelical lutheran church (1896), located at...
30
Nov
john kent russell house ornament salvaged by eric j. nordstrom of urban remains on display at art institute of chicago
it was nice to see architectural ornament salvaged by me...
26
Nov
a rare opportunity to carefully document helmet jahn’s postmodern spacetime gridded conference room on top floor of giaver and dinkelberg’s 40-story jewelers building
spacetime curvature grid. recent photographic survey of helmet jahn's 40th floor...
25
Nov
urban remains joins forces with logan square preservation to salvage architectural elements from german evangelical lutheran church (1896) during its demolition
salvage operation in progress. updates with information on church history...
21
Nov
giaver and dinkelberg-designed jewelers building (1927) lobby ornament detail
detailed photographic survey of giaver and dinkelberg's 1927-28 jewelers building...
21
Nov
2016 eric j. nordstrom photographic images of building parts in burnham and root’s rookery building “vault”
raw and unedited 2016 images of "the vault" in the...
20
Nov
as 2025 draws to a close, urban remains remains the last standing “salvage” shop in the chicagoland area
over the past twenty years i've seen one architectural...
20
Nov
data dump: raw and unedited images of urban remains salvaging d. h. burnham’s 21-story continental and commercial national bank building in 2008
unedited 2008 interior salvage images of d.h. burnham and company's...
19
Nov
data dump: raw and unedited images of congress theater’s 1926 attic as it appeared in winter of 2017
raw and unedited images of congress theater's attic, taken in the...
19
Nov
still there, but mostly forgotten: 2025 exterior images of walter burley griffin’s 1908 cornell store and flats
exterior images of walter burley griffin's prairie style limestone and...
18
Nov
revisting william phillip doerr’s jeffery theater (1923) lobby as it appeared in 2014
revisting william phillip doerr's jeffery theater (1923) lobby as it...
18
Nov
historically important glass negatives of kristian schneider’s sculpted clay building ornament models for northwestern and american terra cotta companies now digitzed
a collection of original and historially important late 19th and...
17
Nov
ten years later, i’m still holding the torch: wrecking on wells street in 2015
note: any and all images in this post are raw...
17
Nov
data dump: raw and mostly unedited images of the john voltz hall demolition and salvage in 2018
raw and unedited demolition images of john voltz hall (1881),...
17
Nov
“phoenix rises.” rare photographic prints of downtown chicago’s “burnt district” taken after the great chicago fire of 1871. courtesy of bld. 51 archive.
"phoenix rises." rare photographic prints of downtown chicago's "burnt district" taken...
14
Nov
massive library of rare and out-of-print frank lloyd wright-related books formerly owned by taliesan architect aquired by bld. 51 archive
massive library of rare and out-of-print frank lloyd wright-related books...
13
Nov
bldg. 51 museum and archive’s image and ephemera collection on graven and mayger’s mayan revival style 3500-seat fisher theater
original linen-backed period photographic images of graven and mayger’s mayan...
11
Nov
data dump: interior and exterior images of otto strack’s 1890-91 pabst tavern or metropolitan hall
raw, unedited interior and exterior images of otto strack's 1890-91...
11
Nov
latest historically imporant building artifacts and related ephemera to added to bldg. 51 museum and archive in fall of 2025
the following images represent a well-rounded cross section of historically...